Owen (John and Bowen, Emmanuel). Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd; Being a Correct Coppy of Mr Ogilby's Actual Survey of all ye Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales..., 1st edition, published Thomas Bowles & Emanuel Bowen, 1720, title page and four page of tables, 273 (complete) uncoloured engraved county maps and strip road maps, printed back to back, the last map appears to have either been cleaned or taken from another copy, book plate of Alexander Hamilton, contemporary blind stamped reverse calf, a little worn at head and foot of spine and extremities, 8vo Chubb CXLVII. The title page corresponds to the imprint required for the first edition, but the popularity of the book resulted in three editions being published in 1720 with no alteratioon to the title. (1)
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Three Japanese ginbari cloisonne vases, Taisho era, the first of ovoid form and worked with a pigeon in flowering prunus branch, 24cm high, the second with flowering rose branches on a pale green ground, 18.5cm and the third with mixed flowers and foliage on a graduated turquoise ground, 18cm. (3)
THE DEATH OF SIR CLOUDESLY SHOVEL, "On Sunday last, two Expresses brought the melancholy News, That Sir Cloudesly Shovel, returning home with the great ships from the Mediterranean, the Association, in which he was, struck on a Rock, off of Scilly, and was unfortunately lost, with all Men on board."; A group of newspapers all relating to the life, death, and funeral of Rear Admiral Sir Shovel, which has given rise to various legends. The first, bringing news of his death, launches into an excellent and lengthy obituary, the highlights of his achievements being recorded; a short article from the Captain of the St George, a ship that was also dashed on the same rocks off the Scilly Isles; together with two London Gazettes are included, both giving a report of his state funeral at Westminster Abbey, after lying in state at the Queen's expense -- 20½in. of column space, in genuine and complete issues of The Post Boy, dated October 28th, 1707, and The London Gazette, dated 22nd December, and 29th December, 1707, (3),
NAVAL SIGNAL BOOK (HARBOUR SIGNALS, SEA SIGNALS, NIGHT SIGNALS AND FOG SIGNALS), 2 vol, manuscript on vellum, 35 and 25 leaves (including 19 blank), exquisite hand-coloured manuscript frontispiece of a trophy of flags and geographical instruments, folding leaf containing two watercolour drawings of compass diagrams, some of the tables with flags painted in watercolour. Both in contemporary calf, blindstamped decoration round the sides, small 4to, -- 6¼ x 4¾in. (15.5 x 12cm.), contained in their original red straight-grained morocco wallet binding with flap, on the flap a small oval silver plaque inscribed: Honble Captn P. Bertie., Captain Peregrine Francis Bertie (1741-1790) was the third son of the Earl of Abingdon and commissioned a lieutenant in 1759, being made post captain in 1762 when he commanded the first-rate ship Repulse. He entered Parliament as MP for Oxford in 1774 and later went to sea again in the 1780s, commanding H.M.S. Fortitude and H.M.S. Carnatic. His son-in-law was Sir Thomas Bertie (1758-1825), a friend and contemporary of Nelson who would rise to the rank of Admiral.,
A DISPLAY OF THE NAVAL FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS, 1838, hand-coloured frontispiece and 15 hand-coloured plates of flags, fore-margin of frontispiece and following 2 leaves reinforced, occasional light soiling, modern half-cloth, London, H. Fisher and P. Jackson. A collection of 240 flags including those of Arabia, Batavia, Mahrattas, Mecca and Morocco., Despite being one of the first popular flag guides available at relatively low cost, copies of this title are surprisingly scarce.,
JOURNAL OF H.M.S. WINCHESTER, MOST LIKELY BY THE SHIP'S SURGEON, PROBABLY PORT ROYAL, NOV. 5 1840 - JAN. 12, 1841manuscript on paper, 8 leaves mostly written on both sides, 10 large or full-page pencilled drawings, one full-page watercolour drawing, contemporary half-roan, foot of spine defective, otherwise rubbed, 4to, -- 10¾ x 8¾in. (27.5 x 22.5cm.) An interesting journal lasting two months in which the Winchester landed first in Santa Marta in Colombia and later in Cartagena. The writer's main preoccupation is the health (or lack thereof) of the crew and the temperature and humidity. At Riollach he meets old friends, the American Consul and the surgeon Smith, formally of the Bolivian Army. A brief mention of the flogging of the Captain's boy, a serious quarrel with Spanish sailors on the shore, a shooting expedition at San Pedro, local methods of finding gold in the Rio Irlach and the Captain offered a local girl in marriage (declined). 19th-century signature on an endpaper of Henry K. Turnbull.
Ø AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE NELSON/TRAFALGAR LOCKET, painted on ivory and depicting two first rates in action inscribed around the border Nelson, Tho' Dead, Yet Speaketh England Expects Every Man To Do His Duty with gilt brass frame and empty hair compartment behind, -- 2½in. (6.5cm.) high; together with two silver rowing oars prizes from H.M.S. Sussex, 1931; and naval crown menu holder retained by Gieves Ltd 1933/4., (4)
"ENEMY SUBMARINES IN QUESTION AND ANSWER", A SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL PAMPHLET (BR 145/40), a rare copy of the Admiralty's official pamphlet published by the Naval Staff, Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, July 1940, illustrated with 8 black & white plates and various silhouettes, original blue paper covers; with Ships of the Royal Navy, publ. by Sampson, Low, Marston, issues for 1938, 1940 & 1941, and an earlier edition for 1926, all small oblong format, generally good condition, the first item especially so, (5)
A ROYAL GEORGE OAK DECANTER BOX, 19TH-CENTURY, the lid with copper stringing to edge and cartouche inscribed Relic of H.M.S. Royal George Sank 1782, the baize lined interior fitted for six flasks, drop handles and copper lock escutcheon -- 12½ x 16 x 11in. (31.5 x 40.5 x 28cm.), The disaster that befell the Royal George in 1782 presented a great challenge to the Royal Navy. As the contemporary accounts in lot 143 state, engineers were confident that they could have the ship raised within a couple of months. As history records, that was optimistic and, as time slipped by, this idea was abandoned in favour of salvage. Whilst some early progress was made, the hull remained a serious obstruction to shipping for over 70 years. The operations undertaken by Cmdr. Pasley in the 1840s, where successful underwater explosives were first used, basically became the testing platform and training site which laid the foundations of 'modern' enclosed diving. The oak used in this box has areas of black staining suggesting long submersion and so is likely to have been raised in these operations. ,
TREASURE OF THE SPANISH MAIN', SALE CATALOGUE OF THE WORLD'S FIRST PUBLIC AUCTION OF RECOVERED WRECK MATERIAL, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 1967; AND OTHER SIMILAR CATALOGUES, "Treasure of the Spanish Main" (from the Spanish Plate Fleet of 1715), Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 4th December 1967, fully illustrated sale catalogue of the world's first public auction of material recovered from a submerged shipwreck; and "Treasure from the site of H.M.S. Association" (sunk 1707), parts 1 & 2, Sotheby's, 14th July 1969 & 28th January 1970, these two sales being the first ever held in the UK; together with other catalogues of shipwreck material (23), including several sales of coins from the Hollandia (sunk 1743), various auctioneers, and sales of material from H.M.S. Invincible (lost 1758), S.S. Medina (sunk 1917), Atocha and Santa Margarita (both lost 1622), Maravillas (lost 1656), S.S. Douro (lost 1882), Abbatucci (lost 1869), S.S. Central America (lost 1857 - 2 catalogues, incl. that for the abandoned first sale cancelled due to legal disputes) and the "Clive of India Treasure" (lost 1755), numerous auctioneers and locations, mostly with official printed pricelists and generally in unused condition, in all a remarkable and potentially unique research archive, (26), This collection of catalogues has been formed with great care as well as some difficulty over many years by the vendor. The first catalogue has long been a significant rarity and numerous others are now virtually unobtainable. For any student of shipwrecks, this lot may well be a unique opportunity to acquire such a comprehensive collection.,
A RARE ROYAL YACHT SERVING PLATTER OFF THE PRINCE REGENT'S YACHT, CIRCA 1817, a large oval creamware serving platter by Spode, the white ground decorated with oakleaf and acorn borders above nautical ropes and knots, the centre of the base reading P R in large letters separated by a crowned and garlanded anchor, integral tendril handles and the underside marked Spode in tiny red letters --19 x 14 x 3½in. (48.5 x 35.5 x 8.5cm.), Literature: Pugh, Surgeon Captain P.D. Gordon: Naval Ceramics, Ceramic Book Company, Newport, Monmouthshire, 1971, see plates 127 & 128A for two pieces from the same service although the pattern on only one of the two is absolutely identical to the dish offered here., Far less well-known than her more famous contemporary Royal George, the royal yacht Prince Regent was laid down at Portsmouth in September 1815 but not finally launched until June 1820, by which time her namesake had already succeeded to the throne as King George IV. Little is known of this yacht and it does not appear that she was much, if ever, used by the new king. Whilst it is tempting to speculate that this dish was used in her dining saloon, it is actually far more likely that it graced the Prince Regent's table aboard Royal George which he used continually during his Regency and after he became King., Named for the Prince Regent, the future George IV, rather than his father, the ailing George III, the Royal George was built at Deptford in 1817 and bore all the hallmarks of the Regent's flamboyant taste. Carrying a full ship-rig on her three masts, she was measured at 330 tons burden and was 103 feet long on her main deck with a 26½ foot beam. Luxuriously fitted out in a manner befitting her status, she attracted much attention - "The vessel is the most elegant ever seen" wrote a contemporary observer "...with gilt mouldings and the windows of plate-glass. Ornamental devices in abundance....producing a superb appearance"., After a remarkably colourful career during three reigns, Royal George's life as a working yacht came to an end in 1843, following the completion of the first royal steam yacht Victoria & Albert I. Thereafter relegated to the role of an accommodation ship for officers and men of the Royal Yacht flotilla and based at Portsmouth, she survived, astonishingly, until 1905 when she was finally broken up.,
RICHARD HENRY NEVILLE-CUMMING (BRITISH, fl. 1888-1891), The steamer 'Ameer' and the barque 'Sindia' off Gibraltar, signed and dated 'H Neville-Cumming/1889' (lower right), pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white, 25½ x 50½ in. (64.8 x 128.3 cm.), Provenance: with The Boydell Galleries, Liverpool., Although her career provided no particular excitement, Ameer has assumed her small place in shipping history as the first steamer to be ordered for the venerable firm of Brocklebanks when the company realised that the changeover from sail had become inevitable. Built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast in 1889, Ameer was designed as a four-masted steamer and given a barquentine rig to augment her single screw. Registered at 4,127 tons gross (2,689 net) and measuring 400½ feet in length with a 45 foot beam, she was engined by her builders and had a cruising speed of 10 knots. Launched on 24th August 1889 and completed that October, she entered service on the London - India via Suez route and, as the first steamer in the fleet, was commanded by Captain Ray, the company's Marine Superintendent. In 1906 she was transferred to Jenkins' Shire Line, in which Brocklebanks had a half-share, and renamed Cardiganshire, the name she retained when she was transferred again to the Royal Mail Line's fleet in 1907. Sold by Shire to Japanese owners in 1911, she was thereafter renamed on several more occasions before being scrapped in Hong Kong in 1923.
A RARE AND FINE DOUBLE THEODOLITE BY MATTHEW BERGE, LONDON, FORMERLY OWNED BY THOMAS, FIRST BARON DUNDAS, GOVERNOR OF THE FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL COMPANY AND PROMOTOR OF WILLIAM SYMINGTON'S STEAM BOAT TRIALS, CIRCA 1805, constructed in lacquered brass with silvered scales, signed and inscribed on the main plate M. Berge, London / Lord Dundas, bubble levels, compass with jewelled pivot, telescope with blanking nut, lower telescope mounted on separate axis, secondary base with screw levelling and threaded removable tripod feet, contained within original fitted shaped wooden box of issue with two telescope tubes, adjusting instrument and key -- 14½ x 11½ x 8¼in. (37 x 29x 21cm.), Thomas, Lord Dundas (1741-1820) the educated and well-connected "nabob of the north" was a hugely significant figure in Scottish and Northern English politics and culture almost until the day he died. As a friend of the Prince of Wales, Lord Dundas enjoyed an active social life, being a member of Brooks's Club, the United Service Club, the Society of Dilettanti and the Society of Antiquaries. From 1793 to 1813 he was the effective commander of the Yorkshire militia, and was Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Orkney and Shetland between 1794 and 1820. An enthusiastic agricultural improver, he spent his income from rents on draining and enclosing land, experimenting with new crops and breeds and building water- or horse-powered threshing mills. As governor of the Forth and Clyde Navigation Company (1786-1816), he presided over the canal's completion and the creation of Grangemouth and Port Dundas. He also persuaded the company to test the first practical steam-tug, the Charlotte Dundas - named for a daughter. Despite its early promise, concerns over bank erosion were not addressed and the project foundered. Matthew Berge succeeded Jesse Ramsden in 1800 and for a time signed his instruments "Berge, Late Ramsden". This example has a more flamboyant signature now obscured by a plate securing knob and had to be re-signed underneath, but was probably used by Dundas until he stepped down as Governor of the Canal in 1813.
A COLLECTION OF RULES, ENGLISH 19TH-CENTURY, comprising roll rules including ebony example Chas. Gaupp & Co. Hong Kong, contained in box with sliding lid; ebony with ivorine edging example Elliott Bros. 449 Strand London; ebony example by W. Elliott, 268 High Holborn, London; two parallel rules, unsigned, one inscribed Field's Improved; two boxwood rules, the first signed Jones, late Wellington, Crown Court, Soho, the other unsigned, (7)
A RARE 1IN:32FT SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF H.M.S. HAWKINS MODELLED BY NORMAN OUGH, 1926, the hull carved from the solid with painted sides and natural deck, carved and painted fittings including capstan, bitts, anchors with painted chains, main and secondary armament, bridge with fire control, masts with radio aerials and signal lanyards, stayed funnels, covered boats in davits, and other details, mounted on raised cloth-covered plinth with maker's plate, name and scale plates, and contained within ebonised wood glazed cover with exhibition label to one corner. Cased measurements -- 6½ x 23½ x 6½in. (16.5 x 60 x 16.5cm.), Norman Ough (1898-1965) was principal model maker to both the National Maritime Museum and Imperial War Museum and made commissions for many others as well as private clients. A considerable eccentric, he was sometimes found half-starved having forgotten to eat for days being so wrapped in his work. His models are considered amongst the finest evocations of the genre, capturing the essential spirit of the ship and, at an age when few, if any short cuts were available, did not see the need to over-crowd detail. This model was presumably a private commission for someone connected to Hawkins, another example of this ship is held in the Imperial War Museum, Catalogue No. MOD1637., H.M.S. Hawkins was one of the five 'Cavendish' class cruisers ordered in 1915. Designed primarily for trade protection, Hawkins was built at Chatham where she was laid down in June 1916. Displacing 9,750 tons (12,190 deep loaded) and measuring 605 feet in length with a 65 foot beam, she could steam at 30 knots and carried a surprisingly heavy main armament of 7-7.5in. guns. Launched in October 1917, she was not completed until after the end of the Great War and her first tour of duty was as flagship to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron on the China Station where she served from 1919 - 29. After a spell in the East Indies, she was rearmed in 1939 just in time for active duty in the Second World War during which she initially served as Flagship to Rear Admiral Sir Henry Harwood immediately after the Battle of the River Plate; She was scrapped in 1947.,
A 16FT TO 1 IN. SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE NORWEGIAN S-CLASS DESTROYER K.N.S STORD (EX H.M.S. SUCCESS) AS DEPICTED ON OPERATIONS CIRCA 1943, modelled by E. Dyke, carved and laminated hull finished in camouflage colours with detailed fittings and armament as appropriate and depicted underway in a calm painted sea, contained on wooden display glass, with legend and plexiglass cover, 9½ x 26 x 10in. (24 x 66 x 25.5cm.), Built at Whites of Cowes in 1943, Success and her yard sister Shark were two of a small number immediately sold to the Norwegian Government in exile to boost their navy. Displacing around 1710 tons and crewed by around 200 personnel, their Parson's turbines developed an impressive 36kts. Renamed Stord, she survived the War to be broken in 1959; her sister (transferred to Norway in 1944 and renamed Svenner) was less lucky and was sunk by a German MTB whilst supporting the D-Day landings - the only vessel to be sunk in the first wave of 6th June.
A QUANTITY OF 1:1250 SCALE WATERLINE MODELS BY BASSETT LOWKE, comprising P&O cargo/passenger ships: Macedonia, Narkunda, Naldera, Mooltan, Maloja, Ranchi and Viceroy of India, copy notes from first line, each model labelled as appropriate and loosely taped to blue wooden display base with plexiglass cover and legend to front, (7 in one case)
CHARLES DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934), The 1901 America's Cup; a set of three pen and ink drawings comprising 'The Start', 'At the First Stake' and 'The Finish', Two signed, with yacht names and inscriptions throughout including Shamrock and Columbia, Pen and ink, 8 x 12¼in. (20.5 x 31cm.), (3, a set),
WILLIAM MACKENZIE THOMSON (BRITISH, FL. 1870-1892), H.M.S. 'Calypso'; H.M.S. 'Nelson', Watercolour and gouache, 11 x 17¼in. (28 x 44cm.), (2), Calypso was a steel corvette of 1883 and one of the first ships fitted with a protective deck, she survived until 1922; Nelson was an armoured cruiser of 1881 which served on the Australia station until 1889, then undergoing a long refit which added fighting tops to her fore and mizzen masts, so this picture must date from her Australian service. She was sold in 1910.
Two limited edition RAF albums The first being a limited edition of 2000 sets relating to bomber air crew dated 1984, each page with individual bomber pilots with autographs of each pilot, second album relating to the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with fighter pilots and their signatures to include Douglas Barder, Peter Townsend, Johnny Johnson, etc. (2)
A large collection of British and Foreign coinage To include unopened five pound bags of pre decimal half penny dated 1968, pence dated 1969, further unopened bags of pennies, loose half penny, five pence, packets of Bailwick of Jersey five shillings, Churchill crowns, Singapore currency, Britain's first issue of decimal coins etc.
A Nazi Germany Geherime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) identity book Named to Fritz Stemmermann dated 2nd March 1942, with photograph, a 14.Waffen-Grenadier division of the SS (First Galician), soldiers name is Stepan Pisthik dated 19th December 1944 (2). CONDITION REPORT: Provenance came in from vendor who has had them a while.
A modern Moorcroft vase of wasted cylindrical form Decorated with Kites in landscape, produced for the Moorcroft collectors club, circa 2000, impressed factory marks to base, height 20.5cm, complete with original box. CONDITION REPORT: Very good condition, no chips, cracks or restoration, vase is a first, with no red dot or silver line to the base.
Royal Crown Derby, pattern number 1128 To include octagonal plate, diameter 22.5cm, miniature teapot, height 8cm, coffee can and saucer, oval lidded trinket pot and cover, each with printed factory marks to base CONDITION REPORT: Light wear marks to gilt, plate with very minor scratch, all first quality.
Royal Worcester, pair of twin handled hand-painted pedestal bowls Each decorated with fruit, by David. R. Bowkett, shape number 254, height 15cm, length 31cm CONDITION REPORT: First with restoration to body and foot rim, trace of crack to foot rim, second example appears good no chips, cracks or restoration, see images.
Royal Crown Derby imari, pattern numbers 1128 and 2451 To include 21cm cabinet plate, two pin dishes, miniature loving cup, posy vase, height 6.5cm, pin dish CONDITION REPORT: Each first quality, light wear to gilt throughout, one plate with scratches to body, shaped circular pin dish cracked.
A collection of six samplers, early 19th Century Near pair possibly done by siblings, first by Mary Stockham, aged 14 dated 1819, 41x24cm, second done by Anne Stockham, 52x19cm, both mounted in a single frame, further sampler, 31x25cm, another by Emma Lively, 14x14cm, plus two further samplers, all framed and glazed.
Harold Riley (British, b.1934) - 'Gillian Marks' Portrait in oil and watercolour, signed and dated (19)74, approx. 39x33cm, framed. Provenance: Note from a previous vendor 'My wife and I knew Harold Riley for many years his first wife Hannalore, and daughter Kate when they lived in a flat in Salford. This portrait was a commission but not accepted by the subjects family and was donated by Harold as a prize to an autistic society function, who were told by Harold at the time that the subject was Gillian Marks'.
Harold Riley (British, b.1934) - 'The Antiques Dealer on his Bicycle' Oil on board, signed and dated (19)71, approx 30x40cm, framed. NB: Harold Riley was born in Salford in 1934, he sold his first painting to the City Art Gallery when he was eleven years old. At seventeen he won a scholarship to the Slade, and went on to study in Florence and Spain before returning to Salford, he has been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Salford, Manchester, London and Florence. Riley was great friends with L. S. Lowry and together they worked on a project to record the area and people of Salford and Manchester. CONDITION REPORT: Picture appears to be in original untouched condition, no damage, no restoration, would benefit from a clean. In later frame, we have not seen back of picture.
A pair of silver Bowls,early 20th century, by Sincere, Hong Kong, cast with relief herons amongst iris against a reticulation of reeds, the base pierced as a cash, stamped Hui, Sincere,12cm (2)At first sight, these bowls could be mistaken for Japanese. Here, a Japanese original would have been used as the model from which to cast.二十世纪初 香港先施 银锤錾镂雕花鸟纹碗 一对 《惠》《SINCERE》款
A pair of Kyoto creamware Vases,first half of the 19th century, each ovoid, 'hammered' body moulded in relief with Laozi, and the other with Li Tieguai blowing his spirit in the air, accompanied by Gama Sennin in a rocky landscape with brightly enamelled chrysanthemum and peony beneath pine, the foot with diaper, gilt Dai Nihon, Kyoto and Kinkozan zo, 45.5cm (2)This pair of vases is exceptionally well enamelled and gilt, and represents an early example of the work of Sobei Kinkozan at Kyoto. He was not a Satsuma potter and this type is a precursor of the work of Makuzu Kozan, not by him. Another indication of the early date is the 'ikebori' terminals of the lines of the characters.
A blue and white Jar and Cover,mid-19th century, attractively painted with prunus and cracked ice, the domed cover matching,25.5cm, anda pair of double gourd Vases,similarly decorated,29.3 and 29.8cm (4)The 'ripples' on the first are achieved by an unusual and effective technique of using silk impregnated with cobalt oxide.清十九世纪中期 青花冰梅纹盖罐 及葫芦瓶 一对
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